Linda knows she's lucky. Yet every morning when she opens her eyes to a so-called new day, she feels like closing them again. Her friends recommend medication. But Linda wants to feel more, not less... Zobraziť viac
Terrified, a young prisoner in the Second World War closes his eyes and pictures himself going out to bat on a sunlit cricket ground in Hampshire. Across the courtyard in a Victorian workhouse, a father too ashamed to acknowledge his son... Zobraziť viac
The dictionary that helps you understand and use more than 10,000 British and American idioms... Zobraziť viac
From the rising star of children's picture books comes the magical tale of friendship and loneliness, a boy and a penguin. There once was a boy! and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep... Zobraziť viac
An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming. It's 2001, the evening of sixteen-year-old ... Zobraziť viac
After a long and murky career with the FBI, Brigid Quinn is trying to move on. She's got a nice house. Dogs. A husband who knows nothing of her past. But the abduction and murder of a young female colleague still haunts her... Zobraziť viac
Passionate. Explosive. Impossible to put down. Tasmina Perry is back with her most spectacular novel yet. Beneath the shimmering surface lies a dark secret... Diana and Julian Denver have the world at their feet... Zobraziť viac
A red-hot steamy romance from the bestselling author Nicole Williams. Lucy's on her way to the top, but bad boy Jude might just be her downfall... Zobraziť viac
Meet the Sais, a Nigerian-Ghanaian family living in the United States. Zobraziť viac
This is an adventuresome read from a great new voice in YA fiction. Part Brothers Grimm, part Buffy with a dash of Cassandra Clare, Kit Blackhart is here to challenge the night. Because chaos won’t banish itself... Zobraziť viac
Face2face Second edition is the flexible, easy-to-teach, 6-level course (A1 to C1) for busy teachers who want to get their... Zobraziť viac
face2face Second edition is the flexible, easy-to-teach, 6-level course (A1 to C1) for busy teachers who want to get their... Zobraziť viac
If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before, or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. And when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, ... Zobraziť viac
Publikace se věnuje zdvořilostním strategiím, které volí čeští univerzitní studenti při kontaktu s fakultou. Kniha se věnuje i zdvořilosti v České republice, např. diglosii (kontextům, v nichž je užívána spisovná či obecná čeština), jmennému a.... Zobraziť viac
The number one bestseller and British Book Awards Book of the Year. London 1893. When Cora Seaborne's controlling husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness... Zobraziť viac
This book contains clear instructions and illustrations that demonstrate how to create different bracelet styles and patterns. Also included are five different coloured threads, multi-coloured beads and charms! Zobraziť viac
The story of two lone geniuses and the extraordinary race to invent photography. Capturing the Light starts with a tiny scrap of purple-tinged paper, 176 years old and about the size of a postage stamp... Zobraziť viac
To identify the economic stars of the future we should abandon the habit of extrapolating from the recent past and lumping wildly diverse countries together. We need to remember that sustained economic success is a rare phenomenon... Zobraziť viac
Monografie obsahuje příspěvky, jež byly 30. dubna 2014 představeny u příležitosti kulatého stolu, který zorganizovala katedra francouzského jazyka a literatury Pedagogické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy ve spolupráci s Francouzským institutem v Praze.... Zobraziť viac
Tracing Anne Frank's life from an early childhood in an assimilated family to her adolescence in German-occupied Amsterdam, Melissa Muller's biography, originally published in 1998, follows her life right up until her desperate end in Bergen Belsen... Zobraziť viac